WAR & THE BUILDING TRADE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) Christchurch, April 6. A conference _ of the New Zealand Federated Sawmills, Timberyards, and Coalyards Employees' Ur.ion opened today. In its report the executive said the timber-milling industry was one of the first to feel the effect of the hysteria which followed the outbreak of hostilities. Parliament and people both displayed hysteria, and one result was the almost immediate cessation of the building trade and the closing down of many sawmills. The position had now improved, but the industry bad not yet recovered from the shock. The report alleged that employers had abnormally increased the cost of living, and had reduced the effective wages of the working classes.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2429, 7 April 1915, Page 3
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114WAR & THE BUILDING TRADE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2429, 7 April 1915, Page 3
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